USB and TCP/IP support

[steve]

I've just noticed that I'm not getting an indoor temperature either, since I installed the new version. Doh!

The function identifiers have all changed in the new DLL, I thought I'd changed them all correctly, but I must have got the inside temperature one wrong. I'll check tomorrow.

Steve

[steve]

I can't get the new version to start this morning. It's opened the serial port OK, but it hangs in the new DLL on the call of 'InitStation'. Anyone else?

Steve

[broadstairs]

The TCPIP version started fine for me this morning, I still have the comm port set to non-zero BTW. Only thing which I now see is missing is solar, indoor temp/hum is displaying fine.

Stuart

[pinto]

I can't get the new version to start this morning. It's opened the serial port OK, but it hangs in the new DLL on the call of 'InitStation'. Anyone else?

Steve

TCP/IP OK ( I have solar, UV is zero( but that is normal now), and everything else is displaying OK)
Installed on weatherserver yesterday and with the restart today using comm to VVP have the same error like you Steve

[steve]

Only thing which I now see is missing is solar, indoor temp/hum is displaying fine

Baffling. I'm using the correct function ID for solar rad. But in the version you're using, I'm using the wrong ID for inside temp. What it's actually fetching is the inside high temp alarm value!

Steve

[pinto]

Only thing which I now see is missing is solar, indoor temp/hum is displaying fine

Baffling. I'm using the correct function ID for solar rad. But in the version you're using, I'm using the wrong ID for inside temp. What it's actually fetching is the inside high temp alarm value!

Steve

You are right, inside temp is showing zero for me

[steve]

TCP/IP OK ( I have solar, UV is zero( but that is normal now), and everything else is displaying OK)

You're getting inside temp correctly? That's weird, it should be the inside high temp alarm in the version you have.

Installed on weatherserver yesterday and with the restart today using comm to VVP have the same error like you Steve

There's clearly some problem with serial connections with this DLL when the connection hasn't been in use for a while. I may need to get help from Davis.

Steve

[steve]

You are right, inside temp is showing zero for me

Ah, good, at least that make sense

Steve

[steve]

There's clearly some problem with serial connections with this DLL when the connection hasn't been in use for a while.

I ran the old version first, then closed it and ran the new one. It worked fine. The new DLL isn't initialising something correctly, maybe.

Steve

[broadstairs]

Steve I switched this new version to use the serial connection and now I dont get indoor temp it shows 0 but indoor humidity is there. I still dont get any solar display at all, not just bad values but no solar even the title and boxes there's just nothing there in that part of the screen.

Stuart

Edit: Strange now I just went back to TCPIP and now there's no indoor temp again just shows 0, no change in solar still nothing there.

[steve]

You have to turn on the solar display panel from the display settings.

Steve

[broadstairs]

You have to turn on the solar display panel from the display settings.

Steve

Anyway now I've turned it on its there. So after a reboot and starting Cumulus in TCPIP mode it now displays the indoor temp correctly. So the indoor temp shows 0 in comm port mode and in TCPIP mode when you switch back BUT if you rebbot and start up in TCPIP mode indoor temp works fine. So I guess its something to do with the DLL.

Bottom line is now all displays are fine in TCPIP mode now after a reboot (and setting solar to display )

Stuart

[steve]

Thanks, Stuart. That's plain weird - the indoor temp displaying OK when I'm using the wrong function! Maybe in TCP/IP mode, the station (or is it VirtualVP?) gives the current temperature if you haven't set a high temp alarm?

Anyway, I seem to have sorted the cold start problem. For some reason, with the new DLL I have to close the serial port first before I do anything else. I have no idea why. But I'll be uploading a new build very soon with all three fixes in.

Many thanks to both of you for your efforts.

Steve

[steve]

Build 708 should fix the three problems we've found so far:

http://www.nybbles.co.uk/downloads/beta ... sSetup.exe


Steve

[broadstairs]

Steve new version installed and started fine. I changed to serial and restarted and all was fine all displays OK. Changed back to IP and restarted and again everything came up just fine all displays showing correct data.

Stuart